Senate roll call 279 · 43rd Congress · Jan 8, 1875
To amend the resolution requesting the President to inform the Senate of any portion of the United States army did interfere with the organization of the genera
On Jan 8, 1875, the Senate voted 32–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 32–0, Democrats 0–17, Others 1–4. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 43rd Congress (1873–1874), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jan 8, 1875
By party
- Republicans32 yes · 0 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 17 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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